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delta-ray comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
free electron	electron	Electron not bound to a nucleus.
delta-ray	free electron	A recoil electron ejected from an atom by an energetic charged particle. Delta-rays appear as branches in the main track of a cloud chamber.

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